Evaluate how the written extract meets the requirements of a pre-production script (D1)

The written screenplay extract meets all of the requirements of the client and is suitable for purpose. It is formatted in the correct, standardised way for a script of this variety and uses all of the generally accepted industry features and notes correctly.

I obtained feedback on my first draft of the script from someone with an understanding of the conventions. This led to me fixing a number of minor issues with capitalisation (the most major of which being erroneously non-capitalised sluglines), as well as one issue with formatting wherein the names of characters speaking were centrally-aligned rather than being tabbed to the same point around the centre. Otherwise, the script was considered fit for purpose in this regard.

Further feedback also brought my attention to a formatting mistake which I had made in putting some action information immediately following a slugline, rather than as a separate and independently formatted block of text.

The content of the script itself is also largely in line with the conventions of the genre, with various horror elements coming into play in the second section, relating to common tropes of the genre as well as more original elements. This features a significant focus on the build-up of tension; a jump-scare moment and the beginnings of exploration into the graphic and gory side of horror, which would be built on and developed later in the narrative.

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